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Don't look back until you can laugh. Fast more than you feast. Do a 40 Day Fast this year. Do one every year. Reach out to the lost: They are very easy to spot and nursing homes have a bunch of very lonely shut-ins, etc. Pray with partners. If you don't have any, you need to get them. Take the lead. Recruit them. Set your phone alarm to remind yourself. Take communion every day. Meet with God. Thank Him. Schedule it. Put it on your planner. Take notes. Journal.
Giving is both worship and warfare. It's not a financial transaction—it's a heart revelation. From the beginning, God made it clear that offerings were never about the amount but about the motive. Abel and Cain both brought something to God, but only Abel's offering found favor. Why? Because Abel gave from devotion, while Cain gave from obligation. Abel took from his very best—the firstborn of his flock—and believed God would be pleased with it. Cain, by contrast, brought from the fruit of the ground, but not the first or the best. One gave in faith, the other in formality.
Even a lightness, even a lightness and a joy and a laughter begins to come forth in this house. A laughter, a laughter, a laughter. A joy and a lightness for the darkness has begun to be driven out. It has been absorbed by those who desire it. Yes, the darkness is being absorbed by those who desire darkness. And as it does so and as it happens, the light grows brighter, and the darkness begins to move off and the shadows become less.
The career you chose because it felt safe. The relationship you stayed in because you were afraid to be on your own. The version of yourself you perform because it's what everyone expects and you believe they love. It all works on paper. But inside, you start to feel hollow. The worst part is that you're not even sure when it happened. When you stopped listening to yourself. When fear, obligation, and other people's voices drowned out your own. This is what avoidance does.
In the back of my mind, in my oldest childhood memories, I remember sitting in the Hebrew school classroom and reading books we borrowed from the synagogue library. My favorites were always the pop-up books. There were books about Adam and Eve, Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob, and Leah and Rachel (as well as all of their children). Those books were impactful because they told the history of my faith family, and how Israel came to be. There were other books such as David and Goliath, Noah and the Flood, and Samson and the Philistines.
This is your moment to run! The year 2026 signifies the opening of the Highway of Glory into God's House—a gateway providing divine access into our nations. Twenty-six is a sacred number for the Jewish people, as it equals the name YAHWEH—YHWH. Yahweh is rising within His people and, consequently, within the nations, giving empowerment to run the race! God has been guiding His people on a clear path, step by step, with those who have obeyed and followed His direction. The Fall Feasts, marking 5786, represented a time of crossing over and moving forward to occupy the Promised Land—territory promised to us by God.
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men." Luke 2:14 This Christmas, it is time to hit the pause button. Not on joy, not on celebration, but on all the noise that tries to replace the reason we are celebrating in the first place. Christmas is not about the jokes, the gifts, the shopping lists, or whether everything turned out the way you hoped. It is about Jesus. It is His birthday. And the response of heaven was clear and unmistakable: Glory to God in the highest.
Every year as Christmas approaches, I like to write about the incredible story of Jesus' birth and the parallel of being filled with the Holy Spirit. Can you imagine the overwhelming emotions Mary must have felt as she cradled Jesus in her arms, knowing that He was the long-awaited Messiah, God incarnate. He wasn't just a human being with divine qualities; He was God, embodying both divine nature and human nature simultaneously.
There is a very small member in our body that boasts great things, yet it is an uncontrolled evil. Why is this small member so important, and why can it be considered evil? Man can tame every creature on the earth but cannot tame or control the tongue. It is full of poison. We can bless others by what we say, or we can curse others by what we say. We actually speak death or life out of our own mouths.
There's a subtle danger in faith that doesn't get talked about enough: the moment when defending Christ causes us to stop reflecting Christ. Most of us don't set out to do this. In fact, it often begins with good intentions. A desire to honor Jesus. A frustration with how casually His name is used. A concern that truth is being compromised or ignored. But somewhere along the way, something shifts.
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